Blogs Home - Tags - neuroscience urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries12014-08-07T06:43:26-04:00IBM Connections - Blogsurn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-6ec1ac4e-d821-448b-9c4f-f64531afd07fSupercomputer brain simulationK RocheROCHEK@uk.ibm.com120000DEKYactiveComment EntriesLikes2012-11-21T12:02:20-05:002012-11-21T12:02:20-05:00<div>&nbsp;Here is one of those things that can either amaze or scare people, a thinking computer. Well it's not really, it is though a step on the way of brain simulation.&nbsp; <br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/20/ibm-supercomputer-simulates-530-billion-neurons/">engadget</a> said: <br></div><div><blockquote>IBM Research, in collaboration with DARPA's Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics (<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/18/ibms-cognitive-computing-chip-functions-like-a-human-brain-her/">SyNAPSE</a>)
program, has reached another brain simulation milestone. Powered by its
new TrueNorth system on the world's second fastest supercomputer, IBM
was capable of crafting a 2.084 billion neurosynaptic cores and 100
trillion synapses -- all at a speed "only" 1,542 times slower than real
life. The abstract explains that this isn't a biologically realistic
simulation of the human brain, but rather mathematically abstracted --
and little more dour -- versions steered towards maximizing function and
minimizing cost. DARPA's SyNAPSE project aims to tie together
supercomputing, neuroscience and neurotech for a future cognitive
computing architecture far beyond what's running behind your PC screen
at the moment.</blockquote><br><br>&nbsp;<iframe allowfullscreen="" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gQ3HEVelBFY" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560">&lt;/div&gt;</iframe></div>&nbsp;Here is one of those things that can either amaze or scare people, a thinking computer. Well it's not really, it is though a step on the way of brain simulation.&nbsp; &nbsp; engadget said: IBM Research, in collaboration with DARPA's Systems of...101268urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-675df642-4e39-45da-ae00-fcb8acc33858Systems & Technology External & Analyst Relations2014-09-11T15:29:57-04:00